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Babylonish

adj

Meaning

  1. Pertaining to Rome and papal power.
  2. Confused; Babel-like.
  3. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8.
  4. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia.

Etymology / origin

From Babylon + -ish. Compare Old English Babilōnisċ. Piecewise doublet of Babelish.

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